XP\Vista 64bit and Bios

My qusetion is way can,t i flash my bios with a 64 bit OS
is it because it uses a 16\32 bit driver or software that will not work ??
I and i have asked on the Dell forums but there is enough people that use 64
bit that can tell me.
Thanks

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It's possible Dell has no BIOS installer that works in 64-bit
Windows. They may just not have one programmed.

In this case, they should have some sort of alternate option, like
making a CD with the update on it. Intel offers their BIOS updates on
bootable CD ISOs that don't care what OS you have on your hard drive.

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Most motherboard mfgs have now got 64-bit flash utilities. Dell appears to
have an executable version that can be run from DOS, so all you need to do
is make a DOS boot disk. To create a bootable DOS disk, put a clean, fresh
floppy in the floppy drive, right click, select Format, and at the format
screen, check the "Create an MS-DOS startup disk" option.

If your computer doesn't have a floppy drive, you'll need to create a
bootable CD. For instructions with that, try one of the following:

"jerryw4386" <> wrote in message
news:...
> My qusetion is way can,t i flash my bios with a 64 bit OS
> is it because it uses a 16\32 bit driver or software that will not work ??
> I and i have asked on the Dell forums but there is enough people that use
> 64
> bit that can tell me.
> Thanks

Hi All
Thanks for your help the computer i have only has windows bios updater
and it will not update the bios in Vista Business 64 so i will put the Dell
OEM hard drive that has Vista HP 32 back in and update the bios from there.
And thank you Charlie for the links i am sure they will come in handy for
future
use when someone ask the same questions !!
Again Thanks All for your help !!
See Yea !

"Charlie Russel - MVP" wrote:
> Most motherboard mfgs have now got 64-bit flash utilities. Dell appears to
> have an executable version that can be run from DOS, so all you need to do
> is make a DOS boot disk. To create a bootable DOS disk, put a clean, fresh
> floppy in the floppy drive, right click, select Format, and at the format
> screen, check the "Create an MS-DOS startup disk" option.
>
> If your computer doesn't have a floppy drive, you'll need to create a
> bootable CD. For instructions with that, try one of the following:
>
> http://www.nu2.nu/bootcd/
> http://www.allbootdisks.com/cd_creation.html
> http://www.bootdisk.com/nero.htm
>
> Any of them should work.
> --
> Charlie.
> http://msmvps.com/xperts64
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel
>
>
> "jerryw4386" <> wrote in message
> news:...
> > My qusetion is way can,t i flash my bios with a 64 bit OS
> > is it because it uses a 16\32 bit driver or software that will not work ??
> > I and i have asked on the Dell forums but there is enough people that use
> > 64
> > bit that can tell me.
> > Thanks
>

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